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ISLAND BUREAU OF INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS. 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES 



IN 



RHODE ISLAND. 



GEORGE H. WEBB, Commissioner. 
CAROL ARONOVICI, Special Agent. 



Part 8 of the Annual Eeport for 1910. 




PROVIDENCE: 

L. FREEMAN COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS 

1911. 



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RHODE ISLAND BUREAU OF INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS. 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES 



IN 






RHODE ISLAND 



GEORGE H. WEBB, Commissioner. 
CAROL ARONOVICI, Special Agent. 



Part 8 of the Annual Keport for 1910. 




PROVIDENCE: 

E. L. FREEMAN COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS 

1911. 









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FOREWORD. 



In this bulletin on philanthropic agencies in Rhode Island Cities, 
an attempt is made to estimate the variety rather than the extent 
of charitable work, being carried on, and while here and there it has 
been possible to ascertain the amount of work done and the annual 
cost, the records are generally so uncertain and the measure of 
efficiency so befogged by a distribution of responsibility and absence 
of records, as to make a comparative estimate either wholly valueless 
or at least involve the Bureau in the responsibility of making 
statements which can be based only upon scant facts and second- 
hand information. It was found practical therefore, to list and 
classify the agencies and only casually point out differences in effi- 
ciency and service which might be used as a guide by contributors 
towards the support of such agencies. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The number and character of the philanthropic agencies in a 
community should be an index of the social problem in such a com- 
munity, if the people and the city and state are meeting their obliga- 
tions properly, and are determined to avoid undue increase in social 
waste. On the other hand the efficiency of philanthropic agencies in 
meeting the social problems before them is the only sure criterion of 
the type of service rendered and is the only means of insuring service 
needed without waste to the public or loss to those who are directly 
or indirectly affected by our problems. Social science is still in its 
infancy and practical sociology has not so far pointed clearly the 
way towards constructive and scientific social service. 

The origin of each kind of social service can not always be traced 
to the beginning of the problem but rather to a spasmodic and some- 
times temporary awakening of the public, the church or the state, 
and many of the remedies applied are often makeshifts and pallia- 
tives which are intended as a temporary relief to the evils of problems 
already created, rather than the prevention of such evils. This has 
resulted in a considerable number of ill-conceived and poorly organ- 
ized socialities and organizations which have for their aim the relief 
or cure of social evils without regard to any general relation of specific 
problems to the whole of the social system and without a scientific 
and properly planned method of service. 

We might almost say that our social work, whether of amateur 
or professional character, has been determined largely by the gen- 
eral understanding on the part of the public of social conditions 
and their general realization of the importance of the social problems. 
In this manner we find churches and lay organizations for the relief 
of the poor, constantly overlapping and duplicating their work to the 



350 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

detriment both of the service and the poor; on the other hand, the 
provision for proper industrial insurance and the improvement of 
home conditions for the prevention of dependency due to industrial 
and environmental conditions in the community have been left to 
this day without proper private or public action. Whether this 
haphazard and ineffective system of charity work is meeting the 
problems of the day or not requires no expert knowledge to perceive; 
but whether the agencies at present at work are at least in their own 
field meeting the requirements of their specific wards and the stand- 
ards of the giving public is more dangerous than difficult to state. 

Before we enter into the general discussion of the various organiza- 
tions, it must be stated that no attempt was made to consider all the 
philanthropic organizations of the State because the rural communi- 
ties and the small towns meet only a small part of their obligations in 
welfare work owing to the general practice of sending dependents, 
and the poor sick to hospitals and asylums located in cities and also 
because little information of any value could be obtained from the 
towns. In the smaller cities it will be found that little service is 
being rendered compared with the effort that is being made in Prov- 
idence, but the explanation of this fact is simple. The city of Prov- 
idence, because of its size, centers in it all the larger institutions which 
in many instances contain dependents of other communities. A 
large city is also more likely to attract a large number of persons 
who, through various conditions have drifted towards it induced by 
the better opportunities for employment which it presents owing 
to the great variety of industries and its greater use of unskilled 
labor. 



CLASSIFICATION OF AGENCIES BY CHARACTER 

OF WORK. 



Any classification of charitable and philanthropic agencies must 
of necessity be arbitrary, and hard and fast lines are as difficult to 
draw between the activities of such agencies as between functions of 
human society. Aid along certain lines often requires the assistance 
and co-operation of a number of other agencies, but in many cases the 
handling of persons requiring such varied aid is more efficiently done 
by one agency than by a co-operation of a number of separate agencies. 
This often tempts organizations to branch off and add other phases 
to the main scope of their work. The extent to which this is done 
will be discussed later. The classification attempted in this bulletin 
divides the agencies in the six cities considered by this Bureau into 
nine more or less distinct groups, with as many subdivisions as were 
deemed absolutely necessary. The eight main divisions were based 
upon the kind of service rendered, while the subdivisions were based 
mainly on the methods of rendering such service. 

In the group Charitable Relief Agencies were placed all charitable 
organizations, municipal or private, whose work consists in aiding 
the poor through material aid of any kind. Information was ob- 
tained concerning twenty-eight such agencies, although many more 
are probably doing work in our cities. In the next group were 
placed all charitable agencies which aside from their relief work are 
carrying on religious propaganda. 

In the group Homes were placed all institutions which provide 
accommodations for persons in need of shelter and who are wholly 
or partly dependent upon the institution for such aid. 



352 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

Homes for Dependents, which care for the aged, and for dependent 
children. 

Temporary Homes, which care for such persons as are temporarily 
dependent owing to economic conditions resulting from various 
causes. 

Homes for Defectives, which assist persons, who through per- 
manent physical defects, can not be cared for in other institutions. 

Homes for Delinquents, which provide shelter for persons who are 
placed there either for offences of various kinds, or as a precaution 
against temptations that seem to endanger their character. 

Under Protective Homes are classed institutions which, although 
serving a class of persons more or less able to care for themselves, 
provide social and housing facilities which insure better physical 
comforts and protection than would otherwise be within the means of 
these persons. 

Agencies for Sanitary Relief and Education are those that deal 
with preservation of health, cure of diseases, and educational cam- 
paigns along lines of public health, and include service which is 
not necessarily confined to the poor and dependents. In this group 
we find the hospitals which render mostly indoor relief, the organiza- 
tions for the ministry to the sick which render outdoor relief, and the 
association for the prevention of tuberculosis whose work is mainly 
educational and preventive. 

In group five are classed all the agencies rendering educational and 
social service such as is not rendered by the public schools or by any 
other public agency. With the exception of the Watchman Industrial 
School, all other agencies in this group are both social and educational. 

Under the protective agencies are classed the societies for the 
protection of children and animals. 

Under Industrial Aid are included the agencies that either secure 
work or make its continuation possible. The employment agencies 
help to secure the former, and the day nurseries, in the case of women 
workers, perform the latter function. 



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353 



In the eighth and last group, designated as Special Aid, are placed 
the Working Men's Loan Association and the Society of Hope, which, 
although not performing similar functions, do not belong to any of 
the above-named groups. 

The ninth and one of the groups of agencies which most directly 
and constructively meet the problems of the day are the civic or 
reform agencies so called, because of their essentially civic character 
and the militant method of work which they usually employ. 

CHARITABLE AND PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES 



THE CITIES OF RHODE ISLAND. 



Classification According to Character of Service and Method Employe 1. 



Charitable Relief 

Agencies 

Providence. 



City of Providence Poor Department. 

Providence Society for Organizing Charity. 

Providence Charitable Fuel Society. 

Irrepressible Society. 

Sunshine Society — Providence Branch. 

South Providence Ladies Aid Society. 

The Scandinavian Central Charity Committee. 

The Thimble Club. 

Lend a Hand Society. 

Providence Female Charitable Society. 

Women's Relief Corps. 

Needlework Guild of America — Providence Branch. 

Providence Charitable Society. 

Montefiore Ladies Hebrew Beaevolent Ass'n. 

Finding and Doing Home Circle. 

Loyal Women of American Liberty. 

Read, Mark and Learn Club. 

St. Vincent de Paul Society. 

King's Daughters. 



Pawtucket and 
Central Falls. 



1. Overseer of the Poor, Pawtucket and Central Falls. 

2. Associated Charities of Pawtucket, Central Falls and 

VaUey Falls. 



Woonsocket. 



1. Overseer of the Poor. 

2. St. Vincent de Paul Society. 

3. Catholic Women's Benevolent League. 



Newport. 



1. Overseer of the Poor. 

2. Charity Organization Society. 

3. Newport Dorcas Society. 



Charitable Relief, With 

Religious Aim 

Providence. 



1. The Church House — Fountain Street. 

2. Providence Deaconess Home. 

3. Salvation Army Corps, No. 1. 

4. Randall Square Gospel Mission. 

5. Wayside Mission. 

6. India Point Byway Mission. 

7. Union City Mission. 



Pawtucket. 



1. Dexter Street Mission. 



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PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 



Dependents . 



Providence.. 



Pawtucket. . . -\ 
woonsocket. . ■{ 



Homes — Adults . 

f 1. Home for Aged Men and Aged Couples . 

J 2. Home for Aged Women. 

I 3. Dexter Asylum. 

{ 4. Home for Aged Colored Women. 

-{ 1. Home for Aged. 

Ballou Home for Aged. 



Newport. 



Henderson Home for the Aged. 
Newport Home for the Aged. 



Homes — Children. 



Providence... ■< 



( Newport. 



| 1. State Home for Dependent and Neglected Chil- 
dren. 

2. Rhode Island Home for Working Boys. 

3. Rhode Island Catholic Orphan Asylum. 

4. Providence Children's Friend Society. 

5. St. Vincent de Paul Infant Asylum. 

6. Jewish Orphanage of Providence. 

1. Home for Friendless Children. 



Defectives . 



Delinquents | 

(Preventive and ! 

Probation Homes.) i 

Providence. I 



Temporary Homes. 
Providence. 



Protective Homes. 
Providence. 



, R. I. Institute for the Deaf. 

1. Sophia Little Home. 

2. New England Rest Cottage. 

3. Providence Rescue Home and Mission. 



1. Salvation Army Industrial Home. 

2. Union City Mission. 

3. Municipal Lodging House.* 

4. The Church House. 

1. Working Girls' Club. 

2. Bethany Home. 

3. Y. W. C. A. Rooming Quarters.! 



Indoor. 
Sanitary Relief 



Providence . . <j 



-State Tuberculosis 



Pawtucket . 



Newport 1. 

Woon SOCKET. 
Incurables 



Outdoor. 
Sanitary Relief. 



Sanitary 
Education 



Providence. . 

Pawtucket. . 
Woonsocket. 

Providence. . 

Pawtucket. . 
Woonsocket. 
Newport. . . . 



1. Wallum Lake Sanitorium 
Hospital. 

2. R. I. Hospital. 

3. Providence Lying-in Hospital. 

4. St. Joseph's Hospital. 

5. St. Joseph's Tuberculosis Hospital. 

6. St. Elizabeth's Home for Incurables and Con- 
valescents. 

7. City Hospital. 

1. Twin City Hospital. 

Newport Hospital. 

1. Woonsocket Hospital. 

1. St. Elizabeth's Home. 

1. Providence District Nurses' Ass'n. 

2. Providence Ass'n. for Ministry to the Sick. 

3. Nazareth Home. 

1. Pawtucket District Nurses' Ass'n. 

1. Woonsocket District Nurses' Ass'n. 

1. R. I. Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n. 

2. Providence League for the Prevention of Tuber- 
culosis. 

I 1. Society for the Relief and Control of Tuber- 

1 culosis. 

1. Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n. 

j 1. Newport Association for the Relief and Pre ven- 

\ tion of Tuberculosis. 



*Are parts of other 
fPart of Y. M. C. A. 



charitable agencies. 

work, practically self-supporting 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 



355 









f 1. 

1 

4. 








5. 




Prov 


IDENCE.. ■ 


6. 


Educational and 

Social Centers. . . „ 




8! 

9. 
10. 
11. 
12. 
13. 








1. 
2. 
3. 




Pawtucket. . - 








4. 



Y. M. C. A. 
Y. W. C. A. 
Y. W. C. T. U. 

Union for Christian Work — Committee on 

Social Service. 
Neighborhood House. 
North End Working Girls Club. 
Sprague House Ass'n. 
Olneyville Boys Club. 
Providence Boys Club. 
Watchman Industrial School. 
Providence Playground Ass'n. 
R. I. School of Design. 
R. I. Humane Educational Society. 



M. C. A. 



Pawtucket and Central Falls Y. 
Pawtucket Boys Club. 
W. C. T. U. 
Adams Library. 

( 1. W. C. T. U. 
Woonsocket. - 2. Y. W. C. T. U. 
I 3. Y. M. C. A. 

i 1 Y M C A 

I Newport... . - ( 2 ; Newpor j. pi ay g r ound Ass'n. 

f p D ^i ^ x-^ * 1- Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. 
Protective Agencies . . \ IDENCE - • | 2. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 

{ Newport 1. Newport Animal Refuge Society. 

( { 1. R. I. State Employment Bureau. 

Employment J -p-awm-c^r-* J 2 - R- *• Exchange for Womens' Work. 

Agencies. . '. | ^ R °^ IDENCE - • ] 3. Womens' City Missionary Society. 

i I 4. Prisoners Aid. 

Industrial Aid Woonsocket.. . 1. R. I. State Free Employment Bureau. 

f ( 1. Providence Day Nursery Ass'n. (Two Nur- 

series.) 
Providence.. j , 2. E. D. Carter Day Nursery. 

I 3. Salvation Army Day Nursery. 
Day Nurseries ■{ 14. Jewish Day Nursery. 

Pawtucket 1. Pawtucket Day Nursery. 

I Woonsocket.. 1. Woonsocket Day Nursery and Children's Home. 

«?TM»r.ial Mr] * Workingmen's Loan Ass'n. 

special Aid j R j g ociety of Hope> (Branches in all cities.) 

f I 1. Bureau of Social Research of R. I. 

I 2. Consumer's League of R. I. 

Civic and Reform J !>_»,„„„„„„ ! 3. R. I. League of Improvement Societies. 

Agencies ] rRm IDEN CE ■ • 1 4. R. I. Committee on Child Labor. 

5. R. I. Association for Rural Progress. 

I 6. R. I. Anti-Saloon League. 



CLASSIFICATION BY FIELD OF ACTIVITY. 



The problem of determining the field of activity of any particular 
agency has often caused much difficulty, and a great deal of un- 
pleasant as well as pleasant relationships between social workers. 
The service needed in a certain community must be met by an agency 
in the nearest population center which maintains such an agency. 
This is true not only of such institutions as prisons, asylums and 



356 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

hospitals, but of such assistance as is rendered by social settlements, 
the Y. M. C. A. or the Y. W. C. A. or any other of the many agencies 
engaged in philanthropic work. 

In the State of Rhode Island as in all other states there are three 
classes of philanthropic agencies when considered from the point of 
view of their field of activity, namely: National, State and City. In 
some states there are county organizations, but this as far as is 
known is not to be found in the limited territory occupied by Rhode 
Island. Some of the State organizations are often branches of a 
broader national movement with which the State agency may or may 
not be connected. 

As the large majority of philanthropic agencies are local in character 
it is necessary here to mention only the agencies which are active over 
the entire State. 

tvt„+;~~„i n . ,•„„+: a, \ American Red Cross. 

National.Orgamzations . . . -j Daughters of American Liberty. 

State Branches of ) R. I. Consumers League. 

National Organizations. . . "I Child Labor Committee of National Child Labor Committee. 

R. I. Metropolitan Park Commission. 

R. I. Anti-Saloon League. 

R. I. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. 

R. I. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 

R. I. Humane Educational Society. 

League of Improvement Societies of R. I. 

State Organizations { R. I. Anti-Tuberculosis Association. 

Bureau of Social Research of R. I. 

Federation of Churches and Christian Workers of R. I. 

R. I. Exchange for Women's Work. 

R. I. School of Design. 

R. I. Catholic Orphan Asylum. 

R. I. League for Social Progress. 

In addition might be mentioned the Rhode Island Women's Club 
and the Rhode Island Council of Women, which are organizations 
active in welfare work and often take part in the efforts made along 
civic lines, both through support of other agencies engaged in such 
work and through their own special committees in charge of special 
work. Their legislative work of the last two years is particularly 
worthy of mention. 

Classification by Sources of Income. 

Although the classification by kind and method of service is the 
best measure of the charitable and philanthropic work of a city, a 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 357 

classification by sources of income may prove of value and interest to 
the charity-giving public. In making such classification, account was 
taken not only of the sources coming from the public but also from 
the various endowments and public funds, as well as from the income 
derived from the service itself. Following this basis, a classification 
was made as follows. 

State and City Agencies supported entirely from public funds. 

Private Agencies with public aid, including agencies which receive 
only part of their contributed funds from the city or State. 

Private Agencies which receive no assistance from public funds. 

In the latter group three subgroups are designated; in the first, 
agencies wholly self-supporting; partly self-supporting; all agencies 
wholly dependent upon private aid, including endowments. The 
following table shows the classification of all institutions, according 
to source of income. 

CHARITABLE AND PHILANTROPIC AGENCIES 



THE CITIES OF THE STATE. 

Classification by Source of Income. 

{ 1. City Poor Department. 
2. Rhode Island Hospital. 

1. City or State 3. Dexter Asylum.* 

Institutions J 4. Rhode Island Institute for the Deaf. 

1 5. Rhode Island Home for Dependent and Neglected Chil- 
dren. 

6. State Employment Office, Providence and Woonsocket. 
i 7. Wallum Lake Sanitarium. 

| 1. St. Vincent de Paul Infant Asylum. 

2. Sophia Little Home. 

3. Home for Aged Couples. 

4. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 

2. Agencies receiving 5. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. 

City or State aid ..'..! 6. St. Joseph's Hospital. 

7. St. Joseph's Tuberculosis Hospital. 

8. Providence Lying-in Hospital. 

9. Providence City Hospital. 
10. Newport Hospital. 

I H. Woonsocket Hospital. 
I 12. Twin City Hospital. 

3. Peivate Agencies. 
a. Wholly Self-Supporting — Workingmen's Loan Association. 

♦Private endowment under city care. 



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PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 



b. Partly Self-Supporting. 



Entirely dependant 
upon public. 



Pawtucket, Woonsocket, New- 



1. The Church House. 

2. St. Vincent de Paul Infant Asylum. 

3. Providence Children's Friend Society. 

4. R. I. Catholic Orphan Asylum. 

5. Home for Aged Men and Couples. 

6. Home for Aged Women. 

7. Home for Aged Colored Women. 

8. Working Girls Club. 

9. Salvation Army Industrial Home. 

10. Y. W. C. A. 

11. Y. M..C. A. Providence, 

port. 

12. Y. W. C. T. U. 

13. North End Working Girls Club. 

14. Women's City Missionary Society. 

15. Providence Day Nursery Ass'n. (2 nurseries.) 

16. E. A. Carter Day Nursery. 

17. Salvation Army Day Nursery. 

18. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 

19. St. Elizabeth Home for Incurables and Convalescents. 

20. Homeopathic Hospital of Rhode Island. 

21. R. I. School of Design. 

1. Society for Organizing Charity, Providence, Newport, 

Pawtucket, Central Falls. 

2. Providence Charitable Fuel Society. 

3. Irrepressible Society. 

4. Sunshine Society. 

5. South Providence Ladies Aid Society. 

6. 1'he Scandinavian Central Charity Committee. 

7. The Thimble Club. 

8. The Lend A Hand Society. 

9. Providence Female Charitable Society. 

10. Womens' Relief Corps. 

11. Needle Guild of America. 

12. Providence Charity Society. 

13. Finding and Doing Home Circle. 

14. Montefiore Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Ass'n. 

15. Providence Deaconess Home. 

16. Salvation Army Corps, No. 1. 

17. Randall Square Gospel Mission. 

18. Sunday Breakfast Mission. 

19. Wayside Mission. 

20. India Point By-Way Mission. 

21. Sophia Little Home. 

22. New England Rest Cottage. 

23. Providence Rescue Home and Mission. 

24. R. I. Home for Working Boys. 

25. Jewish Orphanage of Rhode Island. 

26. Union City Mission. 

27. Union for Christian Work. 

28. Neighborhood House. 

29. Sprague House Ass'n. 

30. Olneyville Boys' Club. 

31. Providence Boys' Club. 

32. Watchman Industrial School. 

33. Providence Playground Ass'n. 

34. Society of Hope. 

35. Providence District Nurses Ass'n. 

36. Providence Ass'n. for the Ministry to the Sick. 

37. Nazareth Home. 

38. Miriam Hospital Ass'n. 



Charitable Relief Agencies. 

This class of agencies are the most commonly understood as 
charitable agencies, often to the exclusion of many others which are 
active in the community, but which get neither the support nor the 
recognition that is accorded to this class of agencies. Their work is 



fSome societies have endowments. 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 359 

mainly palliative and deals with the conditions which need remedying, 
rather than with preventive measures. The list of agencies which 
we have been able to secure shows their number to be nineteen for 
Providence, two for Pawtucket, three for Newport and three for 
Woonsocket, but we are certain that there are many agencies from 
which information was not secured. If an attempt were made to 
secure complete information from the church societies and the various 
clubs which give relief as part of their work in the community, the 
list would have been very much longer, although in amount of money 
expended and number of persons assisted the record of such church 
societies or clubs would constitute a small part of the work done in the 
cities of the State. On the whole the list herein given is as complete 
as is necessary for our purposes, as the work of the other agencies is 
of a more or less personal character and their activities are carried 
on among a small circle of persons known to each other and 
seldom soliciting outside assistance. 

Last year an attempt was made to ascertain the amount of money 
expended in the Charitable Relief Agencies in Providence, but when 
the figures were tabulated it was found that they were not entirely 
reliable, owing to the difficulty of securing information from the 
officials of the organizations. In many instances also it was found 
that the societies felt that neither the State nor any private individual 
was entitled to the accounts, unless they were contributors. In some 
cases we met with refusals and were referred so much from one person 
to another that the task of securing any accurate data this year had 
to be completely abandoned. 

An examination of the general work of these agencies shows that 
only in the case of the Overseers of the Poor and the Society for 
Organizing Charity in Providence, The Charity Organization Society 
of Newport, Pawtucket, and Central Falls have paid workers who 
devote the larger part of all their time to the works of their respective 
organizations. In all other cases the work is left to the various com- 
mittees or members who do the work for the society without pay. 
This system of work leads to many difficulties which are often objected 



360 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

to by the better organized and more prominent organizations. The 
objections to the latter type of distributing relief are duplication and 
lack of proper investigation. Case after case is found where inex- 
perienced volunteer workers are distributing aid where it wo aid be 
for the best interest of the individual or the family receiving such aid 
to be assisted in some other way or in many cases even that relief be 
withheld. Within recent j^ears the organized relief agencies have 
found duplication of every sort, and families that because of the 
ease with which relief can be obtained had made no effort to become 
self-supporting. Such procedure is wasteful to the charitable efforts 
of the community and still more injurious to those who are made the 
victims of disorganized, ill-informed and duplicated almsgiving. 

It must not be inferred that the large amount of duplication and 
the numerous organizations assisting in our cities are meeting the 
needs of the community, nor that the amount of money spent is in 
excess of what is necessary, but rather that with a closer co-opera- 
tion and a more thoroughly informed system of exchange of in- 
formation between organizations better and more effective work 
could be done. 

< Both last year and in the course of this inquiry an effort was made 
to ascertain the amount of money spent in relief as such and the 
amount spent in office force, printing and general expenses not used 
strictly for relief, but all attempts to reach any reliable conclusions 
were futile. The same difficulty was met in the study of the number 
of beneficiaries, owing to the fact that some of the organizations 
counted their beneficiaries every time that they received relief while 
others counted each beneficiary once regardless of the number of 
times that relief was given. It is clear therefore that charity records 
are far from accurate or uniform and that much is yet to be done 
towards a more intelligent system of recording and accounting before 
our charity work can be accurately and easily measured. 

On the whole the organizations in which there was a paid trained 
worker responded more readily to inquiries and their accounts seemed 
to show care and system. Further analysis of the work of these 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 361 

organizations shows that their work is more largely constructive and 
permanent than in the case of the smaller volunteer organizations 
which depend upon untrained and constantly changing workers for 
their service. It was found also that while the salaries added con- 
siderably to the budget of the organizations employing paid workers 
that the service actually rendered aside from the mere almsgiving 
was much broader and intended to meet a larger number of needs 
than in the case of the societies without paid workers. 

Legal aid, the finding of employment, assistance in securing the 
interest and co-operation of agencies especially fitted to deal with 
particular cases, the distribution of clothing and other articles which 
are constantly being sent to the charitable societies, the tracing of 
relatives and the securing of aid which does not come directly from 
the treasury of the agency, the advice and vigilance exercised by these 
agencies over families which are on the border line between self- 
support and dependence, and many other activities which the care 
of the poor involves, are perhaps as valuable if not more so than the 
temporary relief that some agencies may render. 

The method of raising funds differs with different organizations 
and only a small number depend upon the general public for their 
support. The small organizations generally depend upon the mem- 
bers of some particular organization or upon occasional entertainment 
or benefits which are patronized mostly by the members and friends 
of these organizations. This fact makes the income of the smaller 
private organizations more certain than in the case of the larger and 
more public organizations, which must depend upon the public for 
their support and which must appeal largely to the merits of their 
work rather than on the basis of friendly relationships as is the case 
in the smaller societies. 

Charitable Relief With Religious Aim. 

As is indicated in the last of this type of agencies it is clear that 
that there are a great many more agencies of this type than would 
be expected in the cities of the State. Whether this is due to an un- 



362 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

due duplication of effort, or whether the workers are placing most of 
their emphasis upon the religious work is not definitely known, but 
the prevalence of missions would seem to indicate this latter tendency. 
The four largest organizations of this kind are The, Church House, 
The Salvation Army, The Volunteers of America and The Deaconess 
Home. The work of all these organizations is both religious and 
charitable, the Deaconess Home and the Church House emphasizing 
the charity work, while the other two emphasize the religious work. 
The Salvation Army has its branches in the other cities of the State 
and the Deaconess Work has extended into Pawtucket. 

The Church House in Providence has become an important agency 
for charitable relief and is the only organization of its kind that 
raises a large share of its funds through the beneficiaries themselves 
either by their labor or through payments which they make for service 
rendered. 

Within recent years the practice of aiding dependents through 
missions has become common. Whether this is a desirable policy 
for the adults or not remains still to be shown, but the feeding of 
children in missions which is being practiced in Providence is so con- 
trary to any intelligent policy in dealing with religious education 
that it should call forth protest from the church men of the State. 

HOMES AND SHELTERS. 

The list of homes and shelters is so large that one cannot resist the 
thought that some indication of a morbid social condition must be 
found in the very large number of institutional inmates of the cities 
of Rhode Island. Whether this is due to industrial conditions or 
whether family life is so disintegrated in many instances as to produce 
this large army of our institutional population is not safe to state. It 
is fair to say, however, that the establishment of such homes and 
institutions should be scrutinized with more care than is at present the 
practice and that children's institutions in particular, should be sub- 
ject to the most rigid and systematic method of inspection. That 
such an inspection and supervision is needful is evident from the 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 363 

•events that took place in East Providence about eighteen months 
ago, when the conditions of one of the institutions for the care of 
little children was the subject of a legal inquiry. 

Homes for Adults. 

The eight homes for adults, four of which are in Providence, two in 
Newport and one each in Pawtucket and Woonsocket represent a 
large service which is evidently needed. In connection with the 
Dexter Asylum, the largest institution of its kind in Providence, it 
must be said that the peculiar settlement laws in this State place a 
serious handicap upon worthy persons who should be cared for by 
the city. 

Children's Homes. 

There are seven homes for children, one entirely maintained by the 
State and another only receiving a yearly appropriation from the 
State. It is interesting to note that of the six private institutions 
two are Catholic and provide for four hundred and forty children, 
as compared to the four non-Catholic institutions which provide to- 
gether for about two hundred inmates, forty of whom are cared for 
in a Jewish institution. 

Homes for Defectives. 

The Rhode Island Institute for the Deaf and the School for Fee- 
ble Minded Children are the only homes for defectives in the State. 
The former provides accommodations for seventy inmates and the 
latter for fifty. 

Preventive and Probation Homes. 

These homes meet a need in this city which is of the utmost im- 
portance. The inmates of these institutions are either of such 
character as to demand special attention or are entrusted to the 



364 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

officers daring critical periods in life when the freedom of a private 
home and the association of the street would be most dangerous. 
There are three homes of this kind in Providence which provide 
accommodations for eighty-four inmates. With the exception of 
$1,000, appropriated by the State for the use of the Soph.a Little 
Home, all the funds for the support of these institutions are derived 
from private contributions. The Sophia Little Home has also an 
endowment of $19,000, which yields an annual revenue of $780. 
It is significant' that there is no temporary House of Detention for 
juveniles in this State. 

Protective Homes. 

There are only two such homes in the city of Providence. The 
Working Girls' Club, and the Bethany Home, the combined capacity 
of which provides for forty-two women and men. 

These homes are not intended for dependent persons, but they give 
to their inmates such protection and comfort as could not otherwise 
be provided at the prices charged by these homes. They are pro- 
tective agencies only in the broadest sense, and the qualifications of 
their inmates are such as would admit them to any decent home. 
In this class of homes may also be mentioned the Y. W. C. A., although 
strictly speaking the character of the latter has a somewhat wider 
scope. 

Temporary Homes. 

The Union City Mission and the Salvation Army Industrial Home 
provide temporary homes for men who on account of circumstances 
are forced to such temporary shelter at a very low cost. The total 
capacity of these two homes is fifty-six, and in the winter they are 
almost always more than filled. To the above-named homes ma} r be 
added the Municipal Lodge, which provides beds for homeless men 
and women in exchange for a limited amount of work. The lodge 
connected with the Church House is another agency which furnishes 
sleeping quarters for men under particular conditions. 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 365 

HEALTH AGENCIES. 

In this class of agencies we place the hospitals, the dispensaries, 
the agencies which render service in the homes, by instructing in the 
care and treatment of the sick and by rendering such professional 
service as may be needed. Closely related to this group are the more 
or less militant educational agencies which are best represented by the 
Anti-Tuberculosis Associations of various kinds in the State. 

Hospitals. 

Every city has its own hospital aside from private institutions 
which may or may not be classed as philanthropic agencies in the 
sense in which the word is used in this bulletin. The Rhode Island 
Hospital in Providence is the largest institution of this kind and derives 
its income from the City of Providence and from the State aside from 
private contributions and endowments. The City Hospital of Provi- 
dence has only recently been finished and is now rendering service. 
The Rhode Island Hospital, however, is still the leading institution 
in the State. The Newport, Woonsocket and the Twin City (Paw- 
tucket and Central Falls) Hospitals are smaller institutions with 
limited equipments for service. The crying need at the present time 
is for a system of tuberculosis hospitals which would accommodate 
patients with tuberculosis in the advanced stage. 

Dispensaries. 

It is usual for most public hospitals to maintain dispensaries where 
free medical service can be obtained by needy persons. In Providence 
one dispensary has been established in the north end of Providence. 

Promotion and Protection of Health Outside of Hospitals. 

The agencies for the promotion and protection of health in the 
cities of the State are of comparatively recent growth. They have 



366 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

been developed out of earlier and less well-organized movements and 
have become more and more adjusted to the needs of the community. 
Of the ten organizations, the District Nurses Associations which 
have become part of philanthropic work of every city are rendering 
the most far-reaching service. It is fair to say that the present 
interest in the district nurses has led to a more efficient and more 
generally recognized social service and has enlisted the co-operation 
of the public on a larger scale than any other single enterprise of a 
similar character in the State. 

Educational Health Work. 

This type of service might justly be classed among the educational 
agencies, but its distinctly sanitary character necessitates their being 
placed in a separate group. The most prominent and by far the most 
influential agency of this type is the Rhode Island Anti-Tuberculosis 
Association, with headquarters in Providence and with more or less 
closely affiliated branches in every city of the State and even the towns. 
The Pawtucket League has a paid secretary who devotes all his time 
to the work of reducing tuberculosis by means of education and the 
encouragement of policies which promote health and prevent disease. 
The Woonsocket and Newport organizations do not have paid secre- 
taries but their work is of considerable value. In Providence the 
League for the Prevention of Tuberculosis is a committee of the 
Society for Organizing Charities, but a paid secretary is employed 
whose time is entirely devoted to the work of the League. 

Protective Agencies. 

There are in Providence two protective agencies, the R. I. Society 
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and the R. I. Society for the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 

As in the case of the charitable societies, the number of children and 
animals that these societies helped can only be judged from the actual 
expenditure of maintaining such service. It may not be out of place 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 367 

to note that the cost of the service for the protection of animals for 
1908 was only $43.81 less than the cost of service rendered to children 
during the same period. Whether this is due to the better care that 
children receive, or whether the interest in animals affects a wealthier 
and more philanthropic class, would be unsafe to conclude. It is a 
matter of significance that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 
to Animals has two and a half times as much property as the Society 
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and an endowment of 
$80,689.42, while the latter, as appears from the report, has no en- 
dowment, and less than half the amount of property. 

The work of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 
while centered in Providence, extends its activities over the entire 
State. This makes the work often difficult and places upon the agent 
a burden, which so far as can be seen from the reports of the Society is 
rather in excess of what should properly be expected under the present 
financial facilities of the Society. 

Educational and Social Centers. 

In the case of the educational and social centers, as in the case of 
charitable relief agencies, the fact must be recognized that only part 
of the service rendered along this line can be recorded. The classes, 
clubs, and other organizations connected with religious institutions 
had to be omitted, both because it was practically impossible to 
draw the line between strictly philanthropic work and the activities 
which properly belong to the church and also because an inquiry into 
the philanthropic work of the church would have carried this study 
beyond its present scope. 

At the time of this inquiry, there were in the city of Providence 
thirteen agencies which, according to our classification, belong in 
the educational and social center group. In Pawtucket there were 
four, in Woonsocket three, and in Newport two. Of these the 
Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., and the R. I. School of Design are most 
distinctly city centers, while the others emphasized neighborhood 

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368 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

service. The distribution of the centers throughout Providence 
while rarely causing overlapping of work, is not wholly beyond 
criticism from the standpoint of location. This is particularly true 
of the settlements, although in no case is the work entirely out of 
place in the localities in which the settlements are situated. Whether 
this is due to the scattered manner in which the city is laid out, or 
because the congestion is more recent than the location of the centers,, 
is a matter of personal opinion. Both causes may have contributed 
to create the present distribution of the social centers. 

The Providence and Newport Playground Associations are city 
agencies and their service, while at times concentrated in one center,, 
is of general civic interest. 

It may be worth nothing, also, that the State has come to recognize 
certain phases of the work carried on by the social centers by mak- 
ing a small annual appropriation to the North End Working Girls'" 
Club, for library purposes. 

The libraries and the Rhode Island School of Design are of the 
widest educational scope and are on the whole the most important 
agencies in the State. 

The city playgrounds might be mentioned, but they are only a 
part of the general system of public education or at least are a part 
of the park system, which has long been a municipal function rather 
than a service intended only for the poor. 

Employment Aid. 

Employment Agencies. — The means of securing employment are 
among the most important agencies for the prevention of poverty and 
distress. All charitable and philanthropic agencies are more or less 
helpful in securing work for their beneficiaries. Some of these organi- 
zations, such as the Y. M. C. A., maintain a department for this 
purpose, while others consider the service of securing employment to 
be their special line of activity. As appears from the classification 
in the first part of this bulletin, we have divided the employment 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 369 

agencies into two groups: aid in the form of securing employment, 
and aid given especially to women while at work by bestowing the 
proper attention and care upon their smaller children during working 
hours. 

It may be suggested, also, that the agencies especially engaged in 
securing employment may be classed into separate groups, namely, 
those that provide employment by directing their beneficiaries to 
employers, and the group of agencies which actually employs its 
beneficiaries in a more or less temporary manner. The State Free 
Employment Office is for the former, while the Rhode Island Ex- 
change for Women's Work and the Women's City Missionary Society 
Laundry belong to the latter group. 

The Rhode Island Exchange for Women's Work has its branches in 
Newport and Pawtucket as well as its headquarters in Providence 
and its service is of much value to women who are able to do a 
small amount of work in their homes. It is fortunate that only 
small quantities of work of a select type are chosen, as a service 'ji 
this character on a larger scale and with a greater quantity of work 
granted each worker would lead to a system which might in time 
develop into a home industry which is b} r no means desirable. 

The recent appropriation proposed by the State for a Branch Em- 
ployment Office to be maintained in Woonsocket is a step in the di- 
rection of assisting the people of that city in adjusting the workers to 
the demands of the industries of the locality. 

Day Nurseries. — Day nurseries are a product of modern industrial 
conditions and are an index of social sendee, which while in some 
instances needed, shows that the social order does not protect the 
home and the children in the best manner. This tendency of leaving 
little children in the care of nurseries while the mother is at work in 
the mill is a symptom of morbidity which should be dealt with more 
intelligently than has so far been possible. Every child in the 
day nursery means a disintegrated home and every such home fails 
to fulfill its mission towards its members. The capacity of the four 
day nurseries in Providence is about 200 children and the Paw- 



370 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

tucket and Woonsocket day nurseries accommodate less than one 
hundred children. 

Within the last few years there has been an increase in the number 
of day nurseries and in Providence two day nurseries were estab- 
lished within one year. Whether this increase in the number of 
nurseries in the city within less than two years should be considered 
an advance along the line of constructive charity or not is a question 
which can not altogether be answered in the affirmative. The 
opportunity that women find to leave their homes and enter upon 
some steady employment may, in the case of women with able- 
bodied husbands, result in permanent injury to the family. Such 
cases have come to the attention of charity workers in this and other 
cities. The day nursery problem is one that has much to expect 
from closer co-operation with other charitable agencies, as many 
day nursery cases are the result of far-reaching causes that deserve 
close scrutiny and care. 

Civic and Reform Agencies. 

The civic and reform agencies are all State organizations and 
cover a limited field of activity. The Consumer's League and the 
Anti-Saloon League are organizations with militant tendencies and 
their work deals with specific problems, the former placing most of 
its emphasis upon the problems relating to industrial conditions while 
the latter deals with civic activities mostly of an educational char- 
acter. The Bureau of Social Research deals with a variety of prob- 
lems and its main purpose is the investigation of conditions and the 
publication of facts. Its militant work is directly based upon investi- 
gations conducted by its agents. The Rhode Island League for 
Rural Progress is an organization which deals mainly with the social 
problems of the rural community and its leaders are mostly persons 
interested in agricultural work. 

The Child Labor Committee is a local body organized under the 
National Child Labor Committee with headquarters in New York. 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 371 

Its work has been particularly along the lines of securing child labor 
legislation and the enforcement of child labor laws. 

The Newport Civic League has accomplished a great deal in lines of 
proper health regulations and hixS been instrumental in securing some 
building legislation which is in advance of legislation in any of the 
other cities of the State. 

Special Agencies. 

Owing to the small number of these agencies they have been 
placed in one group, although they could clearly be classed separ- 
ately. The Working Men's Loan Association is, aside from its self- 
supporting character, the best means of reducing poverty among 
self-supporting families. The loan association prevents the worker 
from falling into the hands of money lenders and installment-plan 
agents. The latter often pauperizing worthy families, and in times 
of distress caused by accident or death leaves lasting marks on the 
self-respect of the workers who happen to be in need of cash. 

The Rhode Island Society of Hope, with its branches in Providence, 
Newport and Pawtucket, is a small, practically self-supporting organ- 
ization which renders such friendly assistance to the poor as is found 
necessary in the special cases which come to their notice. The work 
being of personal service and sociability, its scope is largely of a pri- 
vate character. 

Conclusions. 

The present effort to secure accurate data concerning the work and 
expenditures of the Philanthropic Agencies in the cities of this State 
as well as the similar effort made last year show clearly that it is 
impossible to ascertain the actual cost of our charity work and that 
in spite of a variety of letters and forms sent out little in the way of a 
general desire to inform the public of the doings of the philanthropic 
agencies was found. 

Another deplorable feature of the work that is being done is a very 



372 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

prevalent lack of intelligent and organized co-operation. That 
such co-operation is possible has been demonstrated by many of the 
local societies in specific cases and by the more extended and carefully 
organized Bureau of Exchange of Information maintained in Boston 
for the purpose of registering all cases that come before any of the 
philanthropic agencies and in that manner make possible the prompt 
exchange of information regarding existing cases and agencies dealing 
with such cases. Such a Bureau would add greatly to the efficiency 
of the work in this State and would save much of the present wasteful 
duplication of effort. 

The work of many of the charitable societies is not limited to any 
particular territory in any of the cities, but each society does its work 
in its own way, sharing the same territory with many other similar 
agencies, often working with the same families or individuals. A 
probable means of avoiding duplication might be found in the use of a 
territorial system whereby each society would be placed in charge of a 
district and would be aided by other agencies in meeting the exigencies 
of that district. This would lead to a more thorough knowledge of 
the neighborhood and a better understanding of conditions. 

The settlement laws of the State make the placing of persons in the 
institutions connected with the cities extremely difficult and at the 
same time places an undue burden upon the State. This difficulty 
of our settlement laws has often been discussed by social workers and 
has proven to be one of the most obnoxious and unfair legal pro- 
visions in our whole system of welfare legislation. A proper change 
in the settlement law of the State must be provided as soon as possible 
to meet the needs of both the larger and the smaller communities. 

The absence of any uniform system of accounts in many of the 
philanthropic agencies deprives the giving public of one of its rights, 
namely, reliable and accessible information concerning the use of 
money. In many cases, particularly in institutions the city or State 
make generous contributions towards the work, but no reports of the 
expenditures are made to the State. Such a practice places the State 
at the mercy of public sentiment without any particular regard to the 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 373 

actual service rendered by city or State subsidized institutions. To 
meet this difficulty the State should require of all incorporated philan- 
thropic agencies a yearly report of work done and distribution of 
expenditures. This would in many instances meet the demand for 
public reports which might be issued in the form of a report by some 
State department in charge of receiving such reports and would 
supply the public with official information concerning the agencies 
which are dependent upon them for support. Such system of report- 
ing would also furnish the State legislature and the city appropriating 
bodies in the case of institutions receiving public money with data 
upon which to base the appropriation granted. Many states have 
already gone a good ways towards compulsory reporting and the 
State of Rhode Island would be greatly benefited by such a system. 

One more problem which naturally presents itself to the student 
of charity work in a community is the care of the families of prisoners. 
It has been found that many of the families of prisoners become 
public charges or at least partly dependent as soon as the head of the 
family is confined in prison. This throws upon the overseers of the 
poor and the charitable societies a burden which they cannot easily 
bear and which in the long run so reduces the available funds for relief 
as to make them a real loss to the families which are in need because 
of more legitimate and less controllable conditions than those caused 
by crime. Recently a system of profit sharing between the State and 
the prisoners in the State prison was established through the efforts 
of Warden McCusker, but owing to the industrial system in use the 
amount that comes regularly to the prisoner is far from sufficient to 
meet the needs of the families. Some more effective and more re- 
munerative system of profit sharing if established in our prisons would 
greatly relieve the present responsibility of the relief agencies and 
would tend to increase their efficiency. This method would be parti- 
cularly effective in the case of family deserters who at the present 
time cannot be punished without throwing a heavier burden upon the 
family than upon the deserter. 



374 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

This general survey of the charitable work in the cities of this State 
clearly indicates that there are a great many agencies which are 
doing the same type of work and that a closer co-operation would 
result in a reduction in the number of such organizations, resulting in 
an increase in the efficiency, and greater economy without reduction 
in the amount of service. 



DIRECTORY 



OF 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES 



IN THE 



CITIES OF KHODE ISLAND. 



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PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN THE CITIES 
OF BHODE ISLAND. 

National Agency. 

American National Red Cross, Rhode Island State Board, 15 
Westminster street, room 401. President, Governor Aram J. 
Pothier, ex-officio; Secretary, George G. Wilson, Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts; Treasurer, Edward Aborn Greene. 

State Agencies. 

Audubon Society of Rhode Island. President, Albert D. Mead, 
Ph. D., Brown University; Secretary and Treasurer, Alice W. Wilcox, 
165 Prospect street. 

Bureau of Social Research, 55 Eddy street. President, Pres- 
cott 0. Clarke; Secretary, Mrs. Edward S. Moulton, 3244 Pawtucket 
avenue, East Providence; Treasurer, Charles M. Young. 

Consumers' League of Rhode Island. President, Robert P. 
Brown; Secretary and Treasurer, Alice W. Hunt, 152 Irving avenue. 

Federation of Churches and Christian Workers of Rhode 
Island. Meets semi-annually at 55 Eddy street, room 507. Presi- 
dent, Rev. Edward Holyoke, D. D. Field Secretary, Rev. E. T. 
Root, 55 Eddy street; Treasurer, Charles H. Philbrick, 314 Banigan 
Building. 

League of Improvement Societies in Rhode Island. Presi- 
dent, Edwin A. Noyes, East Greenwich; Secretary, Luther D. Bur- 
lingame, 15 Catalpa road. 

Local Council of Women of Rhode Island. Organized 1889. 
President, Mrs. Amasa M. Eaton; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Joseph 



378 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

H. Kendrick, 26 Alumni avenue; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. 
Sidney R. Burleigh, 69 College street; Treasurer, Mrs. E, B. Thornton, 
571 Pleasant street, Pawtucket, R. I. 

Metropolitan Park Commission, 32 Custom House street, room 
1. President, Fenner H. Peckham; Secretary, Henry A. Barker, 32 
Custom House street; Charleton D. Putnam, Engineer. 

Rhode Island Anti-Saloon League. Meets monthly at room 
324, 171 Westminster Street; Secretary, Rev. John A. Hainer, 
Superintendent, A. B. Cristy. 

Rhode Island Anti-Tuberculosis Association. 55 Eddy street, 
Room 508. President, James R. Maccoll; 1st Vice-President, 
William A. Viall; 2nd Vice-President, Dr. Charles V. Chapin; Secre- 
tary, Wallace Hatch, 177 Columbia avenue, Edgewood; Treasurer, 
Walter G. Brown. 

Rhode Island School for Feeble-Minded. Exeter, R. I. 

Rhode Island Humane Education Society, 29 Exchange street, 
Room 24. Incorporated 1904. President, Hon. J. H. Stiness; 
Recording Secretary, Miss Mary E. Eddy; Corresponding Secretary, 
Miss Elizabeth W. Olney; Assistant, Miss Helen Hall; Treasurer, 
Edward P. Metcalf ; Annual meeting in April. 

Rhode Island League for Social Progress. President, Rev. 
E. T. Root; Vice-President, Frank E. Marchant, West Kingston; 
Secretary and Treasurer, A. E. Stene, Superintendent Extension 
Work, Rhode Island College, Kingston. 

Rhode Island School of Design, 11 Waterman street. President 
Isaac C. Bates; Vice-President, Theodore F. Greene; Treasurer, 
Stephen O. Metcalf; Secretary, Howard M. Rice, 272 Benefit street. 

Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals. Annual meeting fourth Tuesday in April. Office, 27 
and 29 Exchange Place, Room 25. President, Samuel S. Durfee; 
Secretary, James N. Smith. 



philanthropic agencies in rhode island. 379 

Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Children, 98 Doyle avenue. Organized April, 1882. President, 
Lauriston H. Hazard; Secretary, Thomas B. Maymon, office, 55 
Eddy street, room 302. 

Rhode Island State Federation of Women's Clubs. President, 
Mrs. Charles H. Beach; Secretary, Mrs. Ellis W. MacAllister, 230 
Doyle avenue; Registrar, Mrs. Lincoln Davis; Treasurer, Miss Julia 
Pepper, 13 Chapin avenue. 

Women's Christian Temperance Union of Rhode Island. 
Headquarters, room 319, Butler's Exchange. Meets once in two 
months. Annual meeting in October. President, Deborah K. 
Livingston, 5 East street; Secretary, Miss Mary E. Olney, 319 Butler 
Exchange. 

Bethany Home of Rhode Island, 111 South Angell Street. 
Institution; established 1891, incorporated 1894. — Provides a tem- 
porary home for respectable women, between the ages of 18 and 65, 
not otherwise provided for. Governed by board of managers. 
President, Nathan W. Littlefield; Treasurer, Charles W. Bubier; 
Secretary, Mrs. Arthur D. Greene. Executive committee, same as 
board of managers. 

Applications for admission should be made to Miss Ruth A. Has- 
kell, 68 Lloyd avenue, or Mrs. J. W. Rice, 303 Washington street. 
Decisions as to amount and kind of aid given, made by board of 
managers. Limits — age, 16 to 65; sex, women. Matron, Miss Eliz- 
abeth Kerr. Capacity for inmates, 32 women. Value of Property; 
$20,000. Mortgage, $15,000. Building, good condition. Adequate 
sewerage. Ground, 20,000 square feet. Accounts audited annually 
by officers. Employees, matron and two maids. 

Carter, Edward A., Day Nursery (adjacent to the Nazareth 
Home, 301 Pine street). Institution; established 1909. — Provides a 
•dav nursery for poor children and a meeting place for sewing for the 



380 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

poor. Under the auspices of the Nazareth Home, by which it is 
governed. President, Right Rev. Matthew Harkins; Treasurer, 
Rev. Austin Dowling; Secretary, Edward Carr. Applications for 
admission should be made to Sister Celine at the Home, mornings. 
Limits — territory in the vicinity of the day nursery; age, not over 
10 years. Property owned by Nazareth Home. Condition of build- 
ings, excellent. Has adequate sewerage. Large yard for playground. 
Charge for admission, 5 cents a day. Funds collected by Queen's 
Daughters, and by voluntary contribution. 

Church House, The, 122 Fountain street. Institution; estab- 
lished and incorporated 1909. — Co-operates with churches and other 
charitable societies in charitable and religious work. Governed by 
board of directors. President, Right Rev. James De Wolf Perry; 
Treasurer, Nathan B. Barton; Secretary, Rev. Artley B. Parsons. 
Has executive committee and board of directors. 

Applications for admission should be made to the superintendent, 
370 Thayer street or 122 Fountain street. Amount and kind of aid 
to be given decided by the superintendent in conference with man- 
agers of other charitable institutions. Has sleeping accommoda- 
tions for 60. Condition of buildings, fair. Has adequate sewerage. 
Charge for board, S3. 00 per week. Funds collected personally by 
officers and by correspondence. Accounts audited regularly. Num- 
be of employees, six. 

Dexter Asylum, Hope street, opposite Brown. Institution; 
established 1827. — Object, to provide an almshouse for city of Provi- 
dence. Governed by the mayor and board of aldermen of city of 
Providence. President, mayor of the city; treasurer, city treasurer; 
secretary, the city clerk. The executive committee consists of the 
mayor and board of aldermen of city of Providence. Applications 
for admission should be made to the Overseer of the Poor, 616 Eddy 
street. Amount and kind of aid determined by rules of institution. 
Limits — citizens of Providence at present having a legal settlement.. 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 381 

Superintendent, John T. Brown. Matron, Mrs. Mary A. Brown. 
Accommodates 64 men, 64 women, and 18 children. Property 
valuation, $816,484. Condition of buildings, good. Has adequate 
sewerage. Amount of ground connected with institution, 1,685,- 
962 square feet. Valued at $252,894. Endowment the property 
itself. Income from charge for care, or board, $532 per inmate. 
Funds collected by overseer of the poor. Accounts audited regularly 
by city auditor. 

Finding and Doing Home Circle, 86 Tobey street. Society; 
established 1902. — Object, sewing for charity. President and treas- 
urer, Mrs. Bradford F. Pierce; Secretary, Mrs. Elton W. Briggs. 
Applications for aid should be made to the president, 86 Tobey steet. 
Temporary distress among poor families alleviated. 

Free Dispensary. Orms street. 

Home for Aged Colored Women, The, 45 East Transit street. 
Institution; established and incorporated 1890. — Provides a home 
and aids in the maintenance of aged colored women in indigent 
circumstances. Governed by a board of managers. President, Mrs- 
Charles H. Merriman; Treasurer, Mrs. Wilfred H. Munro; Secretary, 
Mrs. Harry Hall Gross. Has board of managers. 

Applications for aid should be made to board of managers. Limits 
— age, 60 years and over; sex, female; color, black. Matron, Mrs. 
Ambrosia Douglass. Capacity for inmates, 12. Property valued 
at $7,000; insurance, $3,000. Condition of buildings, good. Ade- 
quate sewerage. Grounds, about one-fourth acre. Charge for ad- 
mission, $150. Funds collected from investments, admission fees, 
from churches, private contributions, and entertainments. Accounts 
audited regularly. 

Home for Aged Men and Aged Couples, 804 Broad street. 
Institution, established and incorporated, 1875. — Provides a home 
for aged people. Governed by board of managers. President, Gen. 



382 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

E. H. Rhodes; Treasurer, William T. Crandell; Secretary, Mrs. T. W. 

Waterman. Executive committee, same as board of managers. 

Applications for admission should be made to H. A. Atkins, 36 
Mitchell Street. Limits — age, 70; religion, Protestant; nationality, 
American. Matron, Miss Ellen A. C. Hunt — Capacity for inmates, 
52; men, 45; women, 7. Value of property, $200,000; insurance, 
$70,000. No debt. Buildings, condition excellent. Adequate 
sewerage. Ground, 1J acres. Funds collected from investments 
and by treasurer,, bonded. Accounts audited twice a year by official 
auditors. 

Home for Aged Women, 180 Tockwotton street. Institution; 
established 1856; incorporated 1857. — Governed by corporation. 
President, Mrs. Charles A. Russell; Treasurer, Mrs. F. M. Sackett; 
Secretary, Emma T. Bradford. 

Applications for admission should be made to executive board, 
or committee on admission. Executive board decides amount and 
kind of aid to be given. Limits — age, not under 65. Matron, Mrs. 
George Manton. Accommodates 40 inmates. Valuation of property 
not given. Condition of building, good. Has adequate sewerage. 
Charge for admission to institution, $200. Funds collected by duly 
authorized collectors. Accounts audited regularly. 

Homoeopathic Hospital of Rhode Island, 62-64 Jackson street. 
Institution; established and incorporated 1904. — Provides a homoeo- 
pathic hospital, especially for the purpose of aiding those financially 
unable to pay for hospital treatment. Lender the auspices of the 
homoeopathic physicians of Rhode Island. Governed by a board of 
trustees. President, William H. Waite; Treasurer, William P. Good- 
win; Secretary, David P. Moulton. Has executive committee and 
board of directors. 

Applications for admission should be made to C. H. French, M. D., 
superintendent, 62 Jackson street, between the hours 9-10 A. M., 
2-4 and 7-8 P. M. Applications for aid should be made to any officer 
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to be given. Only limit as to beneficiaries, must be residents of State 
of Rhode Island. Principal officer, Superintendent C. H. French, 
M. D.; Matron, Miss Lydia M. Dyer. Capacity for patients, 21. 
Value of property, $24,000. Mortgage bonds, $17,370. Condition 
of buildings good. Nurses' home and dispensary rented ($540). 
Adequate sewerage. Ground, 4,300 square feet. Endowment, 
$4,000. Board from $10 to $25 per week. Funds collected by offi- 
cers and salaried employees and by entertainments. Accounts au- 
dited by one of trustees. No salaried officers. Auxiliary depart- 
ment, dispensary, 70 Jackson street. 

India Point Byway Mission, 33 Conduit street. Society; estab- 
lished 1909. — Object, religious work. Under auspices of the Pond 
street church. President, Mr. H. Pierce; Treasurer, Miss Mary E. 
Jackson; Secretary, Mr. T. Miller. Has committee of missionary 
workers. Limited to work among the Africo- Americans. 

Irrepressible Society. Society; incorporated 1873. — Aids in 
the general charitable work of Providence. Governed by board of 
managers. President, Mrs. Walter A. Peck; Treasurer, Miss Louise 
Hunt; Secretary, Miss Emma Taft. 

Kind and amount of aid rendered decided by the president. Value 
of property (endowment), $7,300. Funds obtained from endowment, 
annual subscriptions, special collections, and sales. Accounts audited 
regularly. 

Jewish Orphanage of Providence, 151 Orms street. Institu- 
tion; established and incorporated 1909. — Provides a home for Jewish 
orphans, and dependent children of Rhode Island, under the auspices 
of the Jewish men and women of Rhode Island. Governed by board 
of directors. President, Maurice J. Karpeles; Treasurer, Harry 
Robinson; Secretary, Charles L. Alexander. Has executive commit- 
tee and board of directors. 

Applications for admission should be made to the superintendent, 
151 Orms street, Saturdays, 2-4 P. M. Limited to those of Jewish 

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384 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

religion. Matron, Mrs. Ida Balatow. Capacity for 40 inmates. 
Building, fair condition. Yearly rental, $500. Adequate sewerage. 
Funds collected from dues; by officers, on commission, 10 per cent. 
basis, and by entertainments. Accounts audited by finance com- 
mittee. 

Kings Daughters and Sons, R. I. Branch of. 
Providence Branch. 
Newport Branch. 

League for the Suppression of Tuberculosis, 55 Eddy street. 
Society; established 1905. — Endeavors to combat spread of tuber- 
culosis, better conditions of sufferers from this disease and to promote 
their recovery. Governed by executive committee. Chairman, 
Dr. Jay Perkins; Treasurer, Mr. Preston H. Gardner; Assistant 
Secretary, Miss Mary Murray. 

Applications for aid should be made to officers of society, 55 Eddy 
street, 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Amount and kind of aid to be given, 
decided by relief committee. Limit of territory, city of Providence. 
Funds collected by letters, personal solicitation, officers and salaried 
employees. Accounts audited annually by auditor appointed by 
board of directors. All the cost of the administrative work of this 
organization is paid by the Society for Organizing Charity. 

Lend a Hand Society. Society: Lend a hand where it is 
necessary. Under the auspices of the National Lend a Hand Societies 
(Unitarian). President, Mrs. Augustus M. Lord, 346 Cushing street; 
Secretary and Treasurer, Miss Elizabeth Peck, 106 George street, 
to whom applications for assistance should be made. Amount and 
kind of aid given, decided by society as a whole. Limits — territory, 
city of Providence. Funds collected from membership dues and 
from entertainments. Accounts not audited. 

Miriam Hospital Association. Society; established 1907. — Aids 
the poor and sick, particularly among the Jews. Governed by an 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 385 

executive committee. President, S. L. Tatz; Secretary, Mr. S. L. 
Tatz; Treasurer, Mr. B. Woolf. 

Applications for aid should be made to Mrs. M. D. Grant, 176 
Prairie avenue. Amount and kind of aid to be given, decided by 
executive board. Limits — territory, State of Rhode Island. In- 
come therefrom, $32.; from funds, $500. Funds collected personally 
by officers, by entertainments, and by paid solicitors, who are under 
bonds. Accounts audited regularly. The association maintains a 
bed in the Rhode Island Hospital for which it expends annually 
$250. 

Montifiore Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Associatio'n. Meets 
at 881 Westminster street. Society established and incorporated 
1878. — Practices charity and benevolence among poor and unfortu- 
nate in Providence, under auspices of Jewish women of city. Gov- 
erned by board of trustees. President, Mrs. D. C. Fink; Treasurer, 
Mrs. S. K. Grover; Secretary, Mrs. H. Robinson. Has executive 
committee. 

Applications for aid should be made to Mrs. M. Einstein, 72 Glen- 
ham street, from 8 to 10 A. M. daily. Decisions as to aid to be given 
made by Mrs. M. Einstein. Limits — territory, State of Rhode Island; 
age 45; sex, female; color, white; Jewish religion. Property rented, 
$240 per year. Funds collected from membership dues, donations, 
and entertainments. Visiting committee investigates conditions 
before aid is given. Accounts audited regularly by trustees. 

Nazareth Home, 301 Pine street. Society; established and incor- 
porated 1907. — Aims to provide nurses to visit and nurse sick people 
in their homes. Also maintains day nursery for care and instruction 
of poor children. Under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church. 
President, Right Rev. Matthew Harkins; Treasurer, Rev. Austin 
Dowling; Secretary, Edward Carr. Applications for aid should be 
made to Sister Celine at the home. Amount and kind of aid to be 
given, decided by Sister Celine. Limits — territory, the city of Provi- 
dence. Valuation of property, $30,000. Debt, $4,000. Condition 



386 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

of buildings, excellent. Has adequate sewerage. Twelve thousand 
feet of ground. Funds collected by Queen's Daughters, by enter- 
tainments and dues, and receipts from day nursery. 

Needlework Guild of America, The, Providence Branch. 
Society; established 1893; incorporated 1896. — Collects new garments 
and distributes them to hospitals, homes, and other charities. Gov- 
erned by executive committee. President, Mrs. Frederick Talbott; 
Treasurer, Miss Jane L. Anthony; Secretary, Mrs. James A. Nealey. 
Has executive committee and board of directors. 

Applications for aid should be made to Mrs. James A. Nealey, 
27 Cabot street. Amount and kind of aid, decided by officers and 
section president. Limits — territory, the State of Rhode Island. 
Income from private contributions. Funds or garments collected 
personally by officers and by correspondence. Accounts audited 
regularly. 

Neighborhood House Association, 206 Point street; established 
and incorporated 1907. — Works for the social betterment of the 
neighborhood. Governed by board of managers. President. Wm. 
H. P. Faunce; Treasurer, John H. Mason; Secretary, Herbert C. 
Wells. Has executive committee and board of directors. 

Applications for assistance should be made to the Head Worker, 
206 Point street, 9 A. M. to 2 P. M., excepting Fridays. Amount and 
kind of aid to be given to be decided by head worker, subject to board 
of managers. Limits — territory, about one-third of a mile from the 
house as a center. Condition of building, good. Net yearly rental 
$150. Amount of ground, 9,740 square feet. Funds collected b} 7 
solicitors. Accounts audited regularly. 

New England Rest Cottage, 4 Avon street. Institution; 
established 1902; incorporated 1906. — Endeavors to rescue unfor- 
tunate girls from lives of temptation and impurity. An undenomina- 
tional Protestant home. Governed by board of trustees. President, 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 387 

John S. Kimber, Newport, R. I.; Treasurer, Charles B. Donle, Provi- 
dence; Secretary, Grace I. Potter. 

Applications for admission should be made to the superintendent, 
36 Garnet street, Providence, 8 A. M. to 5 P. M., who decides upon 
amount and kind of aid to be given. Limits — territory, New Eng- 
land; sex, female. Matron, Miss Susie Scott. Accommodates 26 in- 
mates. Valuation of property, $7,000. Insurance, $3,000. Mort- 
gage, $1,500. Condition of buildings, good. Adequate sewerage. 
Grounds, about 2 acres. Funds collected by officers and by voluntary 
contributions. Accounts audited regularly. 

North End Working Girls' Club, 49 Orms street. Society; 
established 1889. — Affords working girls an opportunity for study 
and recreation. Under the auspices of the R. I. Association of Work- 
ing Women's Clubs, and the National League of Women Workers. 
Governed by club council. Limits — age, over 7; sex, female. Build- 
ings, good condition; adequate sewerage. Funds collected by rent- 
ing rooms to a dispensary, by dues and associate members, and by 
entertainments. Accounts audited regularly. Also conducts a free 
library, open four days a week, for which State aid is received 
amouning to $75.00. 

Olneyville Boy's Club, The, 4 Plainfield Street. Society; 
established and incorporated 1907. Works to help boys live clean 
lives and to become good citizens. Governed by a board of directors. 
President, E. J. San Souci; Treasurer, John P. Farnsworth; Secre- 
tary, Mrs. E. M. Harris. 

Limits — Olneyville section of Providence; age, 8 to 18; sex, male. 
Rents property, $400 per annum. Does not have adequate sewerage, 
Funds collected personally by officers and by correspondence. 
Accounts audited regularly. 

Poor Department, City of Providence, 616 Eddy street. Insti- 
tution. — Furnishing relief to families in their homes. Also medical 
attendance, when necessary. Burial of the dead, who have no means 



388 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

or friends to do it. Transportation of paupers out of the city, who 
do not claim a residence. Sending of all unsettled persons, who are 
sick, or infirm, to hospital or State Almshouse. Sending of un- 
settled persons to Dexter Asylum. The placing of children who 
are deserted by parents, or left dependent by death of parents, in 
homes. The caring for, temporarily, of men tramps, who have no 
home, in the Municipal Lodge, and women and children in the 
Charity Building. Under the auspicies of the city of Providence. 
Governed by a committee of three, of the board of aldermen. Appli- 
cation for help should be made at 616 Eddy street. Amount and 
kind of aid decided by overseer of the poor. Limits — territory, city 
of Providence. Matron, Miss Lizzie M. Cummings. Sleeping ac- 
commodations for 125; men, 100; women, 17; children, 8. Condi- 
tion of buildings, good. Adequate sewerage. 

Providence Association for Ministry to the Sick. Society; 
established, 1879; incorporated, 1887. — Cares for the sick poor of 
Providence, in their homes. Governed by a board of visitors, 
President, Mrs. Phebe G. Gamwell; Treasurer, Miss Anna F. Greene; 
Secretary, Miss Katherine C. Gurney. Has an executive committee 
and board of visitors. 

Applications for aid should be made to any member of the Board of 
Visitors. Amount and kind of aid, decided by board of visitors. 
Limits of territory, city of Providence. Funds collected by collec- 
tors, and by voluntary contributions. Accounts audited regularly. 

Providence Boys' Club, 33 Canal street. Society; established, 
1899; incorporated, 1905. — Its aim is to improve the mental, moral, 
physical, and social condition of boys requiring such care, and to 
maintain a building or room for their use. Governed by a board of 
directors. President, William T. Crandell; Treasurer, H. Howard 
Pepper; Secretary, Livingston Ham. 

Applications for aid should be made to the superintendent, at 33 
Canal street; office hours, 9. to 10 A. M., and 7 to 9 P. M. Funds 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 389 

collected by correspondence and by superintendent. Accounts 
audited regularly. 

Providence Charitable Fuel Society, 813 Industrial Trust 
Building. Society; established, 1826; incorporated, 1877. — Dis- 
tributes fuel to the worthy and deserving poor of the city of Provi- 
dence. Governed by board of directors. President, Arthur W. 
Claflin; Treasurer, Samuel H. Tingley; Secretary, Christopher B. 
Arnold. Has board of directors. 

Applications for aid should be made to any member of the board 
of directors. Amount and kind of aid to be given, decided by direc- 
tors. Limit — territory, city of Providence. Funds collected by 
officers, by correspondence and on commission, five per cent, basis. 
Accounts audited regularly by auditor. 

Providence Charitable Society, 86 Weybosset street. 

Providence Children's Friend Society, 23 Tobey street. In- 
stitution; established, 1836; incorporated, 1891. — Assists needy 
children in every possible way. Under auspices of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church. Governed by executive board. President, 
Frances E. Bates; Treasurer, Miss Eleanor B. Pierce; Secretary, 
Mrs. H. C. Jacobs. Applications for admission should be made to 
the superintendent, 23 Tobey street. Limits — age 3 to 12; color, 
white; religion, Protestant. Superintendent, Cora L. Sawyer. Has 
sleeping accommodations for 82. Building in good condition. Has 
adequate sewerage. Charge for board, $2 per week or less. 

Providence Day Nursery Association. Hope Day Nursery, 
167 Chestnut street, incorporated, 1886; and Grace Memorial Home, 
133 Delaine street, incorporated, 1891. Institution. Organized for 
the care and instruction of poor children in the city of Providence. 
Governed by board of managers. President, Miss Helen Chace; 
Treasurer, Mrs. George M. Smith; Secretary, Miss Isabelle J. Charnley* 
Has board of managers. 



390 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

Applications for admission should be made to housemother at 
either 167 Chestnut street, or 133 Delaine street, 6 A. M to 6 P. M. 
Board of managers decides upon amount and kind of aid to be given. 
Limits — age, 2 months to 9 years. Matrons, Miss Anna Pirn and Miss 
Ella W. Rhoades. Accommodates 50 children at each nursery. 
Property valuation, $10,000. Insurance, $6,500. Buildings, fair 
condition. Adequate sewerage. Ground, one-half acre. Charge 
for care, five cents per day. Funds collected personally by managers. 
Accounts audited regularly. 

Providence Deaconess Home of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, 26 Bridgham street. Established, 1895; incorporated, 
1894. — Works for charitable and religious purposes among the poor 
and needy. Governed by board of managers. Has executive com : 
mittee and board of directors. President, Henry A. Fifield; Treas- 
urer, Carrie K. Shaw; Secretary, Elmer D. Nickerson. 

Applications for aid should be made to Blanche L. Baker, 26 
Bridgham street. Has eight deaconesses covering entire city, who 
decide upon amount and kind of aid. Value of property, $6,000. 
Insurance, $5,000; mortgage, $3,300. Funds collected by sub- 
scription. Accounts audited regularly. Summer cottage at Kettle 
Point for fresh-air outings for poor mothers and children. 

Providence District Nursing Association, 55 Eddy street. 
Society; established, 1900; incorporated, 1902 .—Provides trained 
nurses to care for sick poor in their homes. Governed by board of 
managers. President, William H. Sweetland; Treasurer, Royal C. 
Taft, Jr. ; Secretary, Mrs. Alex. W. Atherton. Has board of directors. 

Applications for aid should be made to superintendent of nurses, 
Miss Mary S. Gardner, 55 Eddy street, from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. 
Amount and kind of aid given, decided by board of managers. 
Limits — territory, city of Providence. Funds collected by voluntary 
contributions. Accounts audited regularly by auditor. 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 391 

Providence Female Charitable Society. Established, 1800; 
incorporated, 1802. — Works for the relief of illiterate women and 
children. Governed by officers and executive committee. Treas- 
urer, Miss Eleanor B. Green; Secretary, Miss M. L. Dwight. 

Applications for assistance should be made to Society for Organ- 
izing Charities, 55 Eddy street. Amount and kind of aid to be given, 
decided by the secretary, treasurer, and managers. Limits — terri- 
tory, Providence; sex, female; nationality, American. 

Providence Lying-in Hospital, 76 State street. Institution; 
established and incorporated, 1884. — Provides a place for the con- 
finement of women who are without means and suitable abode at the 
time of child-birth, and for such other women as may wish for any 
cause to pay a stipulated price for the privilege of being confined 
in a well-regulated hospital, and also for the care of sick or immature 
children. Governed by a board of trustees. President, Dr. John 
W. Mitchell; Treasurer, Edward L. Watson; Secretary, William L. 
Hodgman. Has board of trustees. 

Applications for admission should be made to the superintendent, 
96 State street. Accommodates 28 women and 28 babies. Prop- 
erty valued at $35,000; insurance, $27,700; mortgage, $2,500. 
Buildings, good condition. Adequate sewerage. Grounds, 20,000 
square feet. Endowment, $15,000. Accounts audited regularly. 

Providence Playground Association. Society; established 
and incorporated, 1909. — Endeavors to promote playground move- 
ment in Providence. Governed by board of directors. President, 
Hon. Frederick Rueckert; Treasurer, Mrs. Mary E. S. Root; Sec- 
retary, Rush Sturges. Has executive committee and board of 
directors. Limits — territory, city of Providence. Funds collected 
personally by finance committee and by correspondence. Accounts 
audited regularly. 

Providence Rescue Home and Mission, 41 Beacon avenue. 
Institution; established and incorporated, 1895. — Affords a tern- 



392 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

porary refuge for women who have fallen into evil lives, and en- 
deavors to help them in every feasible manner. Governed by board 
of managers. President, Charles W. Bubier; Treasurer, Rathbone 
Gardner; Secretary, Frank L. Tingley. Has board of managers. 

Applications for aid should be made to Miss Margaret H. Denehy, 
41 Beacon avenue. Amount and kind of aid decided by matron, 
subject to board of managers. Limits — territory, State of Rhode 
Island; age over 12; sex, female. Matron, Miss Margaret H. Denehy. 
Accommodations, 25 women. Property valued at $9,000; insurance, 
$9,000; mortgage, $5,200. Building, good condition. Adequate 
sewerage. Endowment, $500. Funds collected personally by offi- 
cers and managers and by correspondence. Accounts audited regu- 
larly by auditing committee. 

Providence Shelter for Colored Children, 20 Olive street. 
Society; established, 1839. — A home for colored orphan children. 
Governed by board of managers. President, Mrs. Harriet N. Lathrop. 
Secretary, Mrs. Charles Sisson; Treasurer, Mrs. Ellen O. Peck. 

Applications for admission should be made to the matron, 20 
Olive street. 

Providence Society for Organizing Charity, 332 Butler 
Exchange. Society; established 1892; incorporated, 1898. — Estab- 
lished for purpose of organizing charitable work, diminishing pauper- 
ism, and improving the condition of the poor. An independent 
secular organization. Governed by board of directors. President, 
Dr. W. H. P. Faunce; Treasurer, Mr. Preston H. Gardner; Secretary, 
Mr. Franklin L. Hall. Has executive committee and board of 
directors. 

Applications for aid should be made to officers of society, 55 
Eddy street, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Amount and kind of aid given, 
decided by general manager in consultation with visitors of society. 
Limits — territory, city of Providence. Funds collected by letters 
and by personal solicitation, by officers and salaried employees. 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 393 

Accounts audited annually by auditor appointed by board of di- 
rectors. 

Providence Young Men's Christian Association, 519 West- 
minster street. Institution; established 1854. — Provides for the 
physical, mental, and moral uplift of young men. Governed by board 
of directors. President, Frederick H. Fuller; General Secretary,, 
Lewis E. Hawkins. 

Applications for admission should be made to general secretary, 
519 Westminster street, 9 A. M., to 10 P. M. Limits; age, 12 years 
and upward; sex, male. Value of property, $200,000. Original 
cost, $175,000. Insurance, $100,000; mortgage, $30,000. Condition 
of building, good. Adequate sewerage. Value of ground covered by 
building, $50,000. Endowment, $10,000. Charge for admission, 
$3.00 to $20.00. Funds collected personally by officers, by salaried 
employees, by correspondence, and by entertainments. Accounts 
audited regularly by professional accountants. 

Randall Square Gospel Mission, 57 Chalkstone avenue. 
Society; established 1895. — Works to spread the teachings of the 
Bible, and to do good in every way possible. Governed by an 
executive committee, and a board of directors. President and 
Treasurer, William G. Lawton, to whom application should be made 
for assistance, 57 Chalkstone avenue, 7:30-9:30 P. M. Amount and 
kind of aid decided by officers. Rents property, $144 per annum. 
Collected by superintendent and assistants. Accounts audited 
regularly. 

Rhode Island Catholic Orphan Asylum, Prairie avenue. Insti- 
tution; established 1851; incorporated, 1861. — Cares for destitute 
orphan children, and for such other children as may not be provided 
for by their natural protectors. Under the auspices of the Roman 
Catholic Diocese of Providence. Governed by executive committee. 
President and Treasurer, Right Rev. Matthew Harkins; Secretary, 
John J. Hoey. 



394 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

Application for admission should be made to superintendent, 
753 Prairie avenue. Limits — territory, Rhode Island. Has accom- 
modation for 290 children. Valuation of property, buildings, 
$85,000. Grounds, 3} acres, value, $20,000. Insurance, $69,000. 
Debt, $20,000. Condition of buildings, good. Has adequate 
sewerage. Endowment, $60,000. Funds collected by appeals to 
those charitably disposed, and by salaried employees. Accounts 
are audited regularly. 

Rhode Island Exchange for Women's Work, 240 Benefit 
street. Society; established and incorporated 1880. — Provides an 
agency for receiving and selling women's work of any kind. Gov- 
erned by a board of managers. President, Mrs. Edward Carrington; 
Treasurer, Miss Louisa A. Sweetland; Secretary, Miss Louise C. 
Hoppin. Has executive committee and board of managers. 

Applications for placing work should be made to the superintend- 
ent, 240 Benefit street, 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Limits — sex, women. 
Rents property, $600 per year. Funds collected personally by 
officers and by correspondence. Income from private contributions, 
not given. Accounts audited regularly. 

Rhode Island Home for Working Boys, 42 Park street. Insti- 
tution; established, 1898. — Looks after dependent boys, until able 
to care for themselves. Governed by executive committee. Presi- 
dent, Right Rev. Matthew Harkins; Treasurer, Rev. James T. Ward; 
Secretary, Joseph M. Tally. 

Application for admission should be made at home. Limit — age, 
12-18; sex, male. Matron, Miss Mary Callahan. Accommodates 40. 
Condition of building, good. Adequate sewerage. 

Rhode Island Hospital, The, Eddy street. Institution; estab- 
lished 1868; incorporated 1863. — Provides a hospital for the sick and 
injured. Governed by a board of trustees. President, R. I. Gam- 
mell; Treasurer, Edward D. Pearce; Secretary, Edward Aborn 
Greene. Has executive committee and board of directors. 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 395 

Applications for admission should be made to John M. Peters, M. 
D., R. I. Hospital, hours, 9 to 6. Matron, Miss Ida A. Potter. Ca- 
pacity for patients, 180 men, 180 women, and 20 children. Owns 
property, valued $1,560,457.15. Condition of buildings, excellent. 
Adequate sewerage. Amount of endowment, $896,553.32. Charge 
for care or board, $11.20 per week. Accounts audited regularly by 
paid auditor. Auxiliary departments, out-patient department, and 
Crawfold Allen Hospital for children at Quidnesset, R. I. 

Rhode Island Institute for the Deaf, 520 Hope street. Insti- 
tution; established 1876; incorporated 1877. — Provides education for 
deaf persons. Governed by board of trustees. President, William 
H. Ballou; Secretary, Mrs. Ella T. McGuinness. Has executive com- 
mittee and board of directors. 

Applications for admission should be made to Principal, Edwin G. 
Hurd, 520 Hope street. Amount and kind of aid decided by board 
of trustees. Limits — territory, State of. Rhode Island; age, 3 to 20 
years. Matron, Catherine J. Meyers. Capacity for 70 children. 
Valuation of property, $100,000. Buildings in good condition. 
Adequate sewerage. Grounds, 2h acres. Charge per annum for 
pupils from other states, $300 to $400. Income from State. Ac- 
counts audited regularly by State auditor. 

Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals. 27 Exchange street. Society; established and incor- 
porated 1870. — Endeavors to prevent cruelty to animals. Governed 
by executive committee and board of managers. President, Samuel 
S. Durfee; Treasurer, Albert Babcock; Secretary, James N. Smith. 
The officers constitute a board of managers. 

Limits — territory, State of Rhode Island. Property valued at 
$12,298.20. Insurance, $5,008.50. Buildings, good condition. Ad- 
equate sewerage. Endowment, $80,689.42. Funds collected by 
correspondence; small amount on commission, 20 per cent. rate. 
Accounts audited regularly. 



396 philanthropic agencies in rhode island. 

Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Children, 20 Market Square. Institution; established and incor- 
porated 1882. — Provides for the prevention of cruelty to children. 
Governed by board of directors. President, Lauriston H. Hazard; 
Treasurer, Harold Congdon; Secretary, Thomas B. Maymon. Has 
executive committee and board of directors. 

Applications for assistance should be made to Thomas B. Maymon, 
55 Eddy street, 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Decisions as to assistance, made 
by General Agent, Thomas B. Maymon. Limits of territory, State 
of Rhode Island. Age, 16 years. Matron, Mary E. Kelley. Ac- 
commodates 30 children. Property valuation,- $5,000. Buildings, 
good condition. Funds collected by correspondence. Accounts 
audited regularly by auditing committee. 

Rhode Island Society of Hope. Society; established 1904. — 
Members visit the blind for the purpose of reading to them, and 
rendering such other assistance as is possible. President, Miss 
Cornelia D. Harrington, 88 Hudson street, Providence; Treasurer, 
Miss Nellie Read, 240 Lockwood street, Providence; Secretary, Miss 
Maud L. Cogan, 382 Blackstone street, Providence. Applications 
for aid should be made to the president. Occasional contributions 
are received from friends. Society is instrumental in placing children 
in the Perkins Institute, Boston, and in teaching the blind to read. 

Rhode Island State Free Employment Agency, 557 West- 
minster street. Established 1907. — Provides an opportunity for 
registering applications for work, as well as applications for help to 
residents of Rhode Island, without charge. Governed by the Rhode 
Island Bureau of Industrial Statistics. Applications should be made 
in person or by mail to William H. Farley, superintendent, 557 West- 
minster street. Open 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., daily. Accounts audited 
regularly. 

St. Elizabeth's Home for Incurables and Convalescents, 
The, Atlantic avenue and Melrose street. Institution ; established 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 397 

1882; incorporated 1883. — Provides a hospital for the sick and 
disabled, and affords medical and surgical aid and nursing for con- 
firmed invalids and convalescents. Under auspices of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church of R. I. Governed by a board of managers. 
President, Right Rev. W. N. McVickar; Treasurer, Miss Nancy A. 
Greene: Secretary, Mrs. C. E. Shedd. Has board of managers and 
associate managers. 

Applications for admission should be made to Mrs. Howard Hoppin, 
36 Brown street. Limits — territory, State of Rhode Island; sex, 
women. Capacity for patients, 37 women. Condition of buildings, 
excellent. Adequate sewerage. Charge for care or board, $7.00 to 
$15.00 per week and upward. Charge for admission, $350.00. 
Funds collected by voluntary subscription. Accounts audited 
regularly by auditing committee. 

St. Joseph's Hospital, Broad and Peace streets; established and 
incorporated in 1892. — Object, general hospital work. Under the 
auspices of the Catholic Church. President, Right Rev. Matthew 
Harkins; Treasurer and Secretary, Right Rev. T. F. Doran. 

Application for admission and aid should be made to the Sister 
Superior at the hospital; office hours, 9 to 11 A. M. 7 2 to 5 P. M. 
Accommodates 165 patients. Valuation of property, $160,000. 
Debt, $20,000. Mortgage, $33,000. Condition of buildings, good. 
Has adequate sewerage. Grounds, 80,000 square feet. Charge for 
care or board, $1.00 per day for ward patients. Funds collected by 
donation days, annual subscriptions, board of patients, and by the 
Sisters. Accounts audited regularly by corporation. Auxiliary 
department, Hills Grove Sanitarium. 

St. Joseph's Tuberculosis Hospital, Hills Grove, R. I. Estab- 
lished 1905; incorporated 1892. — Cares for consumptives, especially 
advanced and incurable cases. Under auspices of the Catholic 
Church. Owned and controlled by the corporation of St. Joseph's 
Hospital. Application for admission should be made to Sister M. 



398 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

Burgunda, at the hospital at Hills Grove, or at the St. Joseph's 
Hospital, corner Broad and Peace streets. Accommodates 50 
patients. Valuation of property, $28,000. Condition of buildings, 
good. Has adequate sewerage. Grounds, about 150 acres. Charge 
for board, $1.00 per day. Funds collected by contribution and help 
from St. Joseph's Hospital. Accounts audited regularly. 

St. Marie's Home for Working Girls, 125 Governor street. 

St. Vincent De Paul Infant Asylum, Regent avenue. Insti- 
tution; established and incorporated 1891. — Cares for poor infant 
children orphaned and abandoned. Governed by its officers. Presi- 
dent, Right Rev. Matthew Harkins; Treasurer, Rev. D. M. Lowney. 
Applications for admission should be made to the Sister in charge of 
Asylum. Office hours, 8 to 11 A. M., and 1 to 6 P. M. Limits- 
age, from infancy to 6 years. Accommodates 150 children. Valua- 
tion of property, $100,000. Accounts audited regularly. 

Salvation Army Corps No. 1, 775 Westminster street. Society; 
established 1880. — Works to relieve the poor, and preaches the gospel 
to the unchurched. Governed by a board. President, S. N. Black- 
man; Treasurer, Ernest Clow; Secretary, Henry Colvin. Has execu- 
tive committee and board of directors. 

Applications for aid should be made to S. N. Blackman, 136 
Bridgham street. Limits — territory, Providence. Funds collected 
by boxes on street, by members, by correspondence, and by solicitors 
who are paid 15 per cent. Accounts audited regularly. 

Salvation Army Industrial Home and Shelter, The, 98 
Wickenden street. Institution; established 1902. — Works for the 
social and moral uplift of men of the outcast and out-of-work class. 
Under the auspices of the Salvation Army. Governed by the Indus- 
trial Homes Co. President, Mrs. E. Booth; Treasurer, Ranson Gay- 
gill; Secretary, G. S. Reinhardsen. Has executive committee and 
board of directors. 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 399 

Applications for admission should be made to William Clifford, 
98 Wickenden street, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Amount and kind of 
aid decided by local manager. Limits — territory, city of Providence; 
sex, men; capacity for inmates, 36 men. Condition of buildings, 
good. Property rented, $120 per annum. Adequate sewerage. 
Funds other than from rent of beds to nightly lodgers at 10 cents and 
15 cents per night, obtained by collecting cast-off and waste material, 
and turning same to best possible account. Accounts audited regu- 
larly. 

Scandinavian Central Charity Committee, The, Beacon avenue 
and Maple street. Association; established 1899; incorporated 1902. 
— Works to relieve Scandinavians in distress. Under the auspices 
of the Scandinavian Societies in the city of Providence. Governed 
by a board of directors. President, P. E. Pearson; Treasurer, Harold 
Norberg; Secretary, Victor Blomquist. The governing board of 
directors consists of three delegates from each affiliated society or 
church, and this board itself is looked upon as constituting the associa- 
tion. Its personnel is, however, subject to considerable variation 
from year to year. 

Applications for aid should be made to members of executive com- 
mittee, who decide upon amount and kind to be given. Limit — ■ 
territory, city of Providence. Nationality, Scandinavian. Accounts 
audited regularly. 

Sophia Little Home, 135 Xorwood avenue (Edgewood). Incor- 
porated, 1874. Home established 1881. — The object of this asso- 
ciation is to aid discharged prisoners in such way and by such means 
as will enable them to gain an honest and respectable livelihood; 
and to adopt such measures as shall seem to be conducive to the 
prevention of crime, to care for women after their discharge from 
prison or any reformatory institution, for girls and women placed by 
the judge on probation, and for all unfortunate girls who, wanting to 
reform, desire the protection of a home. Their stay varies according 

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400 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

to circumstances. While under charge of this home they receive 
training in sewing, laundry, and housework, and every means is used 
to raise their tone, mentally, morally, and spiritually. Governed by 
an executive board. President, Mrs. J. K. Barney; Treasurer, Miss 
Elizabeth E. Vose; Secretary, Miss Alice W. Vose. Applications for 
admission should be made to Mrs. J. K. Barney, 529 Broad street, 
and to Mrs. Charles H. Ewer, Howard, R. I. Amount and kind of aid 
determined by executive board. Limits — territory, State of Rhode 
Island; sex, female. Matron, Miss Lucy A. Colwell. Capacity, 33 
inmates (children if with mother.) Property valuation, $12,000. 
Insurance, $10,000. Condition of buildings, first class. No public 
sewer. Ground, 44,055 square feet. Value, $2,400. Endowment, 
$19,000. Funds collected by duly authorized collectors and by 
entertainments. Accounts audited annually. 

South Providence Ladies Aid Association, Bazars Hall, Willard 
avenue. Society; established 1902. — Works to help the poor and 
needy Jews. Governed by executive committee. President, Mrs. 
M. D. Grant; Treasurer, Mrs. W. Semonof; Secretary, Mrs. Sam 
Tatz. Application for aid should be made to one of the officers- 
Amount and kind of aid to be given, decided by executive committee. 
Limits — territory, Rhode Island. Endowment, $300. Funds col- 
lected personally by officers and entertainments. Persons receiving 
money give bonds. Accounts are audited regularly. 

Sprague House Association, 7 Armington avenue. Institution; 
established 1887; incorporated 1903. — Works to further educational, 
philanthropic, and social work in Mount Pleasant and neighboring 
districts. Governed by board of directors .President, Mr. Harry 
Parsons Cross; Treasurer, Mrs. I. Gifford Ladd; Secretary, Mrs. 
William MacDonald. Has board of directors. Property valued at 
$6,000. Condition of buildings, excellent. Adequate sewerage. 
Funds collected personally by officers and by correspondence. 
Accounts audited regularly. 



philanthropic agencies in rhode island. 401 

State Home and School for Dependent and Neglected 
Children, Smith street. Institution; established, 1885. — Provides 
a home and school for dependent and neglected children. Governed 
by a board of control. Chairman, Frank P. Comstock; Secretary, 
William T. Crandell. 

Applications for admission should be made to Secretary, State 
House, Providence, 10 A. M. to 1 P. M., daily. Limits — age, 4 to 14. 
Capacity for inmates, 12 men, 18 women, and 150 children. Con- 
dition of buildings fair. Adequate sewerage. Land, 80 acres. 
Accounts audited regularly. 

Sunshine Society, Providence Branch. Society; established, 
1901. Sews for the poor, and aids charitably in whatever manner 
opportunity presents itself. President, Mrs. Charles W. Beach; 
Treasurer, Mrs. Clarence A. Ryan; Secretary, Miss Abbie E. Fiske. 
Has board of directors. 

Applications for aid should be made to President, 23 Chapin 
avenue, or to Vice-President, 125 Parade street, 8.30 to 10.30 A. M. 
Amount and kind of aid decided by board of directors. Limits — 
territory, city of Providence; age, little children and aged; sex, 
women. Funds collected by dues, by officers, by correspondence, 
and by entertainments. Accounts audited regularly. 

Thimble Club, The. Society; established, 1896; incorporated, 
1901. — Contributes to the support of the worthy poor by making 
clothing and furnishing money for other necessities, and engages in 
other acts of charity. Governed by advisory board. President, 
Mrs. George H. Huddy, Jr.; Treasurer, Miss Kate A. Rose; Secretary, 
Miss Carolyn Bunce and Mrs. Richard M. Cogan. Has executive 
committee and board of directors. 

Applications for aid should be made to any member of the society. 
Amount and kind of aid voted upon by the society at regular meet- 
ings. Limits — territory, State of Rhode Island. Funds collected 
by entertainments. Accounts audited regularly. 



402 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

Union City Mission, 46 Chapel street. Established, 1909. — 
Object, the salvation of souls. Governed by executive committee. 
President, A. W. Pett; Treasurer, H. Gregory; Secretary, J. A. 
Hainer. 

Applications for aid should be made to the Superintendent, 46 
Chapel street. Has sleeping accommodations for 20 men. Condi- 
tion of buildings, good. Has adequate sewerage. Yearly rental, 
$900. Number of beneficiaries outside of religious work, 209. Ac- 
counts audited regularly. 

Union for Christian Work, 31 Chestnut street. Society; estab- 
lished and incorporated, 1857. — Provides a center for higher social 
and civic life; seeks to improve the condition of the home; to insti- 
tute and maintain educational enterprises, and to co-operate with 
every legitimate agency for social betterment among the working 
classes. The Bureau of Social Research is the agency through which 
the Union for Christian Work renders its service. Governed by 
board of directors. President, Prescott 0. Clarke; Treasurer, 
Charles M. Young; Secretary, Mrs. E. S. Moulton. The executive 
committee is the same as the board of directors. 

Applications for aid should be made to the Director, 55 Eddy 
street, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Limits — territory, Rhode Island. 
Valuation of property, $10,000. Insurance, $8,000. Funds collect- 
ed by officers, by correspondence, and by paid employees. Ac- 
counts audited regularly. Auxiliary department committee on 
social service. 

Watchman Industrial School, 140 Codding street. Institution; 
established, 1908. — Aims to provide a special education for the labor- 
ing and unfortunate classes. Under the auspices of the Afro-Ameri- 
cans. Governed by an advisory board. President, Rev. W. S. 
Holland; Treasurer, William Worthen; Secretary, Miss Evalina B. 
Holland. Has board of directors. 

Application for admission should be made to President, Secretary, 
or Principal, 140 Codding street, from 12 M. to 2 P. M., or from 7 P. M. 



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to 8 P. M. Amount and kind of aid decided by President. Limits — ■ 
age, 18 years or over. Condition of building, good. Rent given free 
to school. Grounds, 4,032 square feet. Funds collected personally 
by officers, by correspondence, and by entertainments. Accounts 
audited regularly. 

Wayside Mission, The, 21 Washington street. Society; estab- 
lished and incorporated, 1909. — Charitable and spiritual work. 
Governed by executive committee. President, Byron E. Arnold; 
Treasurer, Joseph Cherry; Secretary, Mary F. Cherry. 

Applications for aid should be made to Byron E. Arnold, 19 Willow 
street. Executive committee decides upon amount and kind of aid. 
Limits — territory, State of Rhode Island. Rents property, $144 per 
annum. Funds solicited on commission, 5 per cent, to solicitors. 
Accounts audited regularly. 

Women's City Missionary Laundry, 155 Clifford street. Insti- 
tution; established, 1897; incorporated, 1869. Gives work to un- 
skilled and poor women and fits them for private laundresses. Under 
the auspices of the Women's City Missionary Society. Governed 
by board of directors. President, Mrs. Cushman; Treasurer, A. F. 
Stone; Secretary, C. H. Guild. Limits — -age, over 16; sex, female. 
Valuation of property, $7,000. Insurance, $5,000. Condition of 
building, good. Adequate sewerage. Funds collected by salaried 
employees. Accounts audited regularly. 

Woman's Relief Corps, 395 Westminster street. Society; estab- 
lished. 1888. — Aids G. A. R. Governed by department council. 
President, Annie L. Pender; Treasurer, Emma F. Brown; Secretary, 
Julia P. Xason. Has executive committee and board of directors. 

Apply to Department President, Annie L. Pender, 824 Broad 
street for assistance. Limits — territory, the State. Funds collected 
from annual dues and entertainments. Accounts audited by auditing 
committee. 



404 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN TtHODE ISLAND. 

Working Girls' Club, 105 Bates street. Society; established, 
1898; incorporated, 1902. — Provides a working girls' home for 
charitable, literary, and social purposes, and an employment bureau. 
Governed by executive board. President, Roberta J. Dunbar; 
Treasurer, Jennie Peirce; Secretary, S. E. Williams. 

Applications for admission should be made to the Matron, Miss 
Arabella Heathman, 105 Bates street, from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. 
Limits — age, 16 and over; sex, women. Capacity for inmates, 10. 
Valuation of property, $3,800; debt, $2,400. Condition of build- 
ings, excellent. Adequate sewerage. Grounds, 10,000 square feet. 
Funds collected by solicitation, subscription, and by entertain- 
ments. Accounts audited regularly. 

Workingmen's Loan Association, 23 Weybosset street. Estab- 
lished and incorporated, 1895. — Loans money on chattel mortgages 
at the lowest possible rate of interest to people in need, who have no 
other facilities for obtaining necessary funds. Governed by board 
of directors. President, Edward S. Clark; Treasurer, Howard L. 
Clark; Secretary, Rathbone Gardner. Has executive committee and 
board of directors. Amount and kind of aid decided by board of 
directors. Limits — territory, State of Rhode Island. Managers, 
bonded. Accounts audited regularly. 

Young Women's Christian Association, 54 Jackson street, and 
254 Washington street. Institution; established and incorporated, 
1902. — Works to improve the physical, social, intellectual, and 
spiritual condition of young women and provide a comfortable and 
pleasant boarding-house. Governed by a board of directors. Presi- 
dent (office vacant), Mrs. John H. Cady, Acting President; Treasurer, 
Miss Mary C. Smith; Secretary, Louise C. Hoppin. Has board of 
directors and executive committee. 

Applications for admission should be made to Miss Lena M. Farrar, 
54 Jackson street, from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. Amount and kind of aid 
decided by board of directors. House Secretary, Miss Charlotte M. 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 405 

Huntoon. Accommodates 140 girls or women. Property valua- 
tion, $200,000; insurance, $117,600. Condition of buildings, very 
good. Adequate sewerage. Endowment, $2,000. Funds collected 
personally by officers and by correspondence, and occasionally by 
salaried employees. Treasurer under bonds. Accounts audited 
annually. 

Young Women's Christian Temperance Union, 111 Mathewson 
street. — Provides Young Women's Tea Rooms, library, and rest 
room at 111 Mathewson street, and a rest cottage at Saunderstown, 
R. I. Governed by library committee and tea room committee. 
President, Eleanor B. Pearce; Treasurer, Clara M. Law; Secretary, 
Ida M. Whitman. Has executive committee. Accounts audited 
regularly. 



NEWPORT. 



Charity Organization Society of the City of Newport. 
Office, 263 Thames street. President, Darius Baker. 

Civic League. President, Miss Ellen F. Mason. 

Dorcas Society of Newport. Relief of indigent and infirm of 
both sexes. Secretary, Mrs. A. K. Shuman. 

Henderson Home for Aged Men. President, Judge Darius 
Baker. Maintain a home for men of good moral character over 
sixty years of age and residents of Newport, who are unable to support 
themselves. 

Home for Friendless Children for the city and county of New- 
port, 24 School street. First Directress, Mrs. Joseph Bradford. 

Hope Branch, Newport. Secretary, Marion B. Howard. Help 
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406 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

Kings Daughters of Newport. President; Miss Kate Bend. 
Help the needy. 

Notre Dame Society, Newport. President, Mrs. F. P. Garrett- 
son. Make garments for the poor. 

Newport Animal Refuge Society, 27 Third street. President, 
Mrs. A. J. Anderson. 

Newport Association for the Relief and Prevention of 
Tuberculosis, 263 Thames street. President, William Paine 
Sheffield. 

Newport Home for the Aged, 87 Washington street. President, 
Rev. E. H. Porter. 

Newport Hospital. Friendship street. President, William P. 

Buffum. 

Newport Playground Association. Conducts playground on 
Mary street. Marlboro street, Broadway and King's Park. President, 
Captain J. P. Cotton. 

People's Library. 260 Thames street. Trustees, William P. 
Sheffield, Rev. Emory H. Porter, Dr. Charles Brackett. 

Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals. John A. Hazard, Agent, 6 Bay View Avenue. 

St. Clare Home, Newport. Treasurer, William B. Meenan. 

Townsend Aid for the Aged. President, Mrs. Benjamin S. 
Melville. Relieve aged poor of Newport, 60 years of age and over. 

Woman's Exchange. 24 Washington Square. President, Mrs. 
E. A. Buckhout. 

Y. M. C. A., 41 Mary street. President, Thomas P. Peckham. 



PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 407 

PAWTUCKET AND CENTRAL FALLS. 

Adams Library. Central near Broad street, Central Falls. 
Trustees, J. W. Freeman, Charles S. Foster, C. F. Crawford. 

Associated Charities of Pawtucket, Central Falls .and 
Valley Falls. President, Darius L. Goff. Alleviates suffering 
among poor. 

Central Falls Free Public Library. Librarian, Edward E. 
Calder. 

Central Falls Women's Christian Temperance Union. Broad 
street Baptist Church. Secretary, Mrs. Lillian Mitchell, 216 Central, 
Central Falls. 

Dexter Street Mission, Pawtucket. President, Nathan W. 
Littlefield. Industrial Work. Making employment basis of relief. 

Home for Aged Poor, 964 Main street. Conducted by Little 
Sisters of the Poor. 

Pawtucket Day Nursery, 31 Thornley street. President, Mrs. 
E. B. Thornton. Provides place where women who work by day 
can leave children properly cared for. 

Pawtucket Women's Christian Temperance Union. President, 
Miss Hannah Owen. 

Salvation Army Industrial Home Co., Pawtucket. President, 
Evangeline Booth. Provides work for unemployed men by gather- 
ing the city's waste. 

Society for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis in 
Pawtucket and Vicinity, 209 Oak Building, Pawtucket. President, 
Howard W. Fitz. 

Twin City Hospital. Park Place, Pawtucket. Dr. Wm. H. 
Heimer, Superintendent. 

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408 PHILANTHROPIC AGENCIES IN RHODE ISLAND. 

Y. M. C. A., of Pawtucket and Central Falls. President, A. J. 
Thornley. 

WOONSOCKET. 
Ballou Home for the Aged. President, Harriet R. Ballou. 

Catholic Women's Benevolent League. President, Miss Annie 

Cry an. 

Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Recording Secretary, 
Mrs. Ellen Walling, Union Village. 

Woonsocket Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n. Secretary, F. W. Park, 
166 Main Street, room 4. 

Woonsocket Day Nursery and Children's Home, 225 Cass 
avenue. 

Woonsocket Hospital, 115 Cass avenue. Miss Magdeline 
Senstad. 

Y. M. C. A., 87 Main street. Secretary, James I. Muffley. 

Y, W. C. T. U. President, Mrs. T. L. Hadley. 



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